a long and slim African nematoid worm (Filaria Medinensis) of a white shade. It life within the cellular tissue of man, underneath the epidermis, and produces painful lesions.

A formidable parasitic nematode or threadworm, Filaria medinensis, of severe tenuity, from various inches a number of foot long, often infesting your body, especially in hot nations. See Filaria.

an agonizing and debilitating infestation developed by drinking stagnant water contaminated with Guinea worm larvae that can grow inside a human's abdomen until the worm emerges through an agonizing blister within the man or woman's skin

parasitic roundworm of Asia and Africa that lives in the stomach or underneath the skin of humans alongside vertebrates